Returning Liverpool attacker has been “impressive” in training – Klopp

8th February, 2016, 2:43 PM

By North-west correspondent Alex Stevens

Daniel Sturridge has been looking “impressive” in training, according to Jurgen Klopp.

The injury-plagued striker was an unused substitute against Sunderland on Saturday and is set to be named in the Liverpool squad that travels to West Ham for Tuesday’s FA Cup fourth-round replay.

Sturridge has not played since suffering a hamstring injury against Newcastle in early December but he is in contention to start at Upton Park.

Manager Klopp revealed at his media briefing on Monday that the plan was for the England international to play at least 15 minutes against Sunderland but that had to be abandoned following the first-half injuries to Dejan Lovren and Joe Allen.

“Daniel was fit enough to be on the bench on Saturday and was impressive on Friday in training,” explained Klopp. “We had hoped he would play for 15 minutes but it didn’t happen. We would have liked to, but the game had a different story with a few early changes.”